Exa
Embeddings-based web search designed to feed retrieval pipelines and agents.
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Exa vs Elicit
Exa (Exa) and Elicit (Elicit) both sit in Search & Research. Elicit is the cheaper entry point at Free tier · from $49/mo. Elicit shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (6 vs 1). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Exa Exa | Elicit Elicit |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Search & Research | Search & Research |
| Version | 3.0 | Research Agent |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $1,000/mo | Free tier · from $49/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Starter free · Developer free · Enterprise $1000 | Basic free · Pro $49 · Scale $229 · Enterprise free |
| Model stack | agentic models · embedding · Exa 3.0 · Exa Agent API · Exa Auto · Exa Custom Search Models · Exa Deep · Exa Instant · Exa neural search models · Exa Search · Exa Search API · Exa Search Embedding Model · Exa Search Model · Exa Search Models · Exa Search Neural Model · neural search model | Claude · Elicit Research Agent · GPT-5.2 |
| Context window | n/a | Not published |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 1 | 6 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Neural search, Contents retrieval, Websets, Answer endpoint, Research API, Web Search API, Deep Research, Structured JSON Extraction | Systematic review screening, Data extraction tables, 125M paper index, PDF chat, Report generation, Research Agent, Research Reports, Systematic Literature Reviews |
Elicit
Finds, screens and extracts data from academic literature at scale.
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